SSM Health

What it reported doing in 2024

Ssm health st. Mary's hospital - centralia, operating in partnership with the felician sisters, is a 125-bed hospital with a strong history of over 100 years of community engagement. St. Mary's hospital delivers hospital services in inpatient, ambulatory surgery, outpatient, and emergency room settings. Key service lines include behavioral health, cancer, maternity, occupational medicine, weight management services, wound care, and many more. The hospital's surgery centers are equipped with the latest innovations in technology ensuring our patients have access to the most advanced treatment while staying close to home. To provide complete neurological care, our specialists are supported by board certified neuroradiologists, a full-service rehabilitation unit, a home health department, 24-hour mri service, neurodiagnostic equipment, and cardiac catheterization laboratories. Ssm health st. Mary's hospital - centralia also operates the little egypt breast and cervical cancer program and has been a lead agency for this Illinois public health program since 1998. The program often serves as a last resort for breast and cervical cancer screenings and education for women who are uninsured. For seven consecutive years, healthgrades has presented st. Mary's hospital the outstanding patient experience and critical care excellence awards. In 2014, quest by premier inc. Recognized st. Mary's hospital-centralia with the citation of merit award for high-value healthcare. In 2016, ssm health announced a $20 million renovation plan for st. Mary's hospital centralia, which will include interior and exterior upgrades, including expansion of the surgery department and improvements to the emergency department. St. Mary's hospital, centralia, Illinois also furthers its exempt purpose with the following activities: - operates an emergency room that is open to all persons regardless of ability to pay - has an open medical staff with privileges available to all qualified physicians in the area - has a governing body in which independent persons representative of the community comprise a majority- engages in the training and education of health care professionals- participates in medicaid, medicare, champus, tricare, and/or other government-sponsored health care programs - all surplus funds generated by ssmh entities are reinvested in improving our patient care delivery system.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $546.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 82.2%; rating input score 82; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 53.8%; rating input score 54; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings